Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, who leads the biggest police force in England and Wales, received the highest pay package, including pension contributions, in 2012/13 at £281,273.

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Outside the Met, the highest total pay package in the same period went to Phil Gormley in Norfolk, who has since been appointed as deputy director general of the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Later this year, a new Register of Chief Officers Gifts, Hospitality and Business Interests will also be published.

The College of Policing's chief executive, Chief Constable Alex Marshall, said: ''The publication of this new register is part of the college's Integrity Programme, and allows the public to scrutinise what pay and rewards chief officers receive.

''This information has been collated in one place for the first time and shows forces are committed to being open and transparent.''

Chief officers' pay packages are already publicly available in each force's annual statement of accounts, but the register is the first single point of reference for all police forces.

Each link takes users to details of police leaders' pay and reward packages including salaries, pension entitlements and other expenses paid.

This includes any bonus and any benefit in kind, which mainly relates to vehicle provision, but in some cases includes healthcare or other similar benefits.

Any officer or member of staff whose salary exceeds £150,000 a year is named and the numbers of officers or staff who earn more than £50,000 a year are published.